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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Build Your Wild Self

From the New York Zoos and Aquarium, this is another avatar-like site, but with so many options for adventure, science, and writing.  Once created, the image can be sent to an email address and downloaded or screen-captured to use in projects.
  • Let science students explain the habitat, adaptability needs, and diet of these amusing creatures.
  •  In Language Arts, have students complete creative writing activities, character sketches, or collaborate on a story with this “Wild Self” as the main character.
Click on the link above and start having fun.  No registration is needed and no instructions are really needed; it’s quite intuitive!  (There is a small, red slidder tab on the right side of the screen; move that to see more options within each category.)
 

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iaza


iaza

For my personal blog, I wanted a canoe picture. Finding one on the Internet, I saved it, but was not satisfied with it–it appeared too modern rather than an image from the 50′s. Enter iaza and my problem was resolved. Check the before/after below. The “after” effect has sephia adjustment and vignette crop.

Standard canoe

This is absolutely the simplest photo editing app available. Upload your picture and then select, one feature after another to be applied to your image.

Repurposed canoe

No directions are needed-click on the link above, upload your picture and edit. When you are satisfied with your image, right-click and save the image to your desktop or picture folder.

 

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Read Write Think

Language arts teachers have been familiar with this site from the National Council Teachers of English, for a number of years.  However, the interactives are for students of all ages and curriculums. For instance, a bio-cube is not just for author study or character sketches.  The bio-cube activity could be used for world leaders, Civil War generals, music composers, or even animal identification.  All teachers should take time to explore the possibilities for cross-curricular tie-ins with these engaging tools.   The link above will take interested educators to tabs for the “Featured” and “Most Popular” interactives; however next to the Student Interactives title, is a link to See All the Student Interactives–55 of them and short descriptions!
Select any one of the 55 interactives and begin brainstorming an activity for your students.
 

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SlideShare

Click to go to SlideShare

- A student is home ill and missing your PowerPoint introduction to the unit on Platyhelminthes.
- You have a PowerPoint presentation at the staff meeting on the new course content standards, but not sure whether the equipment you need is available.
- A teaching colleague would like to borrow your PowerPoint on the generals of the Civil War.
and the list goes on and on.

With SlideShare, PowerPoint presentations can be uploaded, assigned a URL and shared with anyone on the Internet.

Here’s a SlideShare URL link to a quick demo. My Dog Tales.

There’s also an embedded option for your SlideShare projects to permit posting to a website.

With the FREE registration @ SlideShare, either of these options are available.

Now, select the “Sign Up” link, complete the short registration and begin uploading your own PowerPoint.
 

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